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THE FIRST BOOK OF THE<br/>
<span class=large>KINGS</span><br/> COMMONLY CALLED<br/> THE THIRD BOOK OF THE KINGS
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CHAPTER 3
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Solomon loves the Lord and keeps his commandments—The Lord appears to Solomon and promises him a wise and an understanding heart—He judges between two harlots, and determines maternity of a child.
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And</span> Solomon made <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/3/1a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB a marriage alliance.">affinity</a> with <sup>b</sup><a href="1_kgs/3/1b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 7: 8; 1 Kgs. 9: 16 (16, 24); 1 Kgs. 11: 1.">Pharaoh</a> king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into the <sup>c</sup><a href="1_kgs/3/1c" mark="c" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 2: 10.">city</a> of David, until he had made an end of building his own <sup>d</sup><a href="1_kgs/3/1d" mark="d" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 7: 1.">house</a>, and the house of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and the <sup>e</sup><a href="1_kgs/3/1e" mark="e" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 9: 15 (15, 19).">wall</a> of Jerusalem round about.
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Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/3/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 124: 28 (25-48).">house</a> built unto the name of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, until those days.
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And Solomon loved the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, walking in the <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/3/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 136: 2.">statutes</a> of David his father: only he <sup>b</sup><a href="1_kgs/3/3b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Ne. 5: 9; 1 Ne. 7: 22.">sacrificed</a> and burnt incense in high places.
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And the king went to <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/3/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="Josh. 9: 3; 1 Chr. 21: 29.">Gibeon</a> to sacrifice there; for that <i>was</i> the great <sup>b</sup><a href="1_kgs/3/4b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Chr. 16: 39.">high</a> place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
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&#182; In <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/3/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 9: 2.">Gibeon</a> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> <sup>b</sup><a href="1_kgs/3/5b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 11: 9; 2 Chr. 1: 7 (7-12); D&C 112: 8 (7-8).">appeared</a> to Solomon in a <sup>c</sup><a href="1_kgs/3/5c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Dreams.">dream</a> by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
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And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as <i>it is</i> this day.
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And now, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I <i>am but</i> a <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/3/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Chr. 22: 5; 1 Chr. 29: 1; 3 Ne. 9: 22; 3 Ne. 11: 37 (37-38).">little</a> child: I know not <i>how</i> to go out or come in.
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And thy servant <i>is</i> in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/3/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Sam. 7: 23.">great</a> people, that cannot be <sup>b</sup><a href="1_kgs/3/8b" mark="b" type="A" title="Gen. 13: 16; Abr. 3: 14.">numbered</a> nor counted for multitude.
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Give therefore thy servant an <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/3/9a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Understanding.">understanding</a> <sup>b</sup><a href="1_kgs/3/9b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Heart.">heart</a> to judge thy people, that I may <sup>c</sup><a href="1_kgs/3/9c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Discernment, Spiritual.">discern</a> between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
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And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
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And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/3/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jacob 2: 18 (18-19); Alma 39: 14; D&C 6: 7 (6-7); D&C 11: 7.">riches</a> for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine <sup>b</sup><a href="1_kgs/3/11b" mark="b" type="A" title="D&C 98: 23.">enemies</a>; but hast asked for thyself <sup>c</sup><a href="1_kgs/3/11c" mark="c" type="A" title="2 Ne. 21: 2.">understanding</a> to discern judgment;
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Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/3/12a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Guidance, Divine.">given</a> thee a <sup>b</sup><a href="1_kgs/3/12b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 4: 29 (29-31); 1 Kgs. 5: 12; 2 Ne. 28: 15; Jacob 6: 12; Mosiah 29: 11; Morm. 9: 28; JS-H 1: 11 (11-13).">wise</a> and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
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And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/3/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 10: 23 (23, 25); Matt. 6: 33.">riches</a>, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.
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And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/3/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 54: 6.">commandments</a>, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
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And Solomon awoke; and, behold, <i>it was</i> a dream.  And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/3/15a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Sam. 6: 17; 2 Chr. 1: 4.">ark</a> of the covenant of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace <sup>b</sup><a href="1_kgs/3/15b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Sacrifice.">offerings</a>, and made a feast to all his servants.
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&#182; Then came there two women, <i>that were</i> harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
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And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
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And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we <i>were</i> together; <i>there was</i> no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.
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And this woman’s child died in the night; because she <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/3/19a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR laid upon it.">overlaid</a> it.
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And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
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And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.
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And the other woman said, Nay; but the living <i>is</i> my son, and the dead <i>is</i> thy son.  And this said, No; but the dead <i>is</i> thy son, and the living <i>is</i> my son.  Thus they spake before the king.
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Then said the king, The one saith, This <i>is</i> my son that liveth, and thy son <i>is</i> the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son <i>is</i> the dead, and my son <i>is</i> the living.
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And the king said, Bring me a sword.  And they brought a sword before the king.
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And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
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Then spake the woman whose the living child <i>was</i> unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it.  But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, <i>but</i> divide <i>it.</i>
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Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she <i>is</i> the mother thereof.
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And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the <sup>a</sup><a href="1_kgs/3/28a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 21: 2.">wisdom</a> of God <i>was</i> in him, to do judgment.
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